A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Turnbulls
In the city directories 1940 · 48 addresses on 42 streets
The directories print the Turnbull name at 48 addresses on 42 streets in 1940, in 14 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Turnbulls lived
- Downtown7 addresses
- Mount Pleasant6 addresses
- Riley Park5 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
- Fairview4 addresses
- Kitsilano4 addresses
- West End4 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise1 address
- South Cambie1 address
- Sunset1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: D C Turnbull and Charles Turnbull1940
- 2Beach AvenueTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: Grace Turnbull and Jean Turnbull1940
- 3Main StreetTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: J Turnbull and W E Turnbull1940
- 4Quebec StreetTwo addresses in Riley Park; three people: W Turnbull, W Turnbull and Ruby Turnbull1940
- 5West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; three people: H L Turnbull, Hazel I Turnbull and W Elgin Turnbull1940
- 6West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; five people: E R Turnbull, Eva I Turnbull, Loraine Turnbull and two more1940
- 7Bute StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Jessie Turnbull1940
- 8Carrall StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Gordon Turnbull1940
- 9Cornwall AvenueOne address in Kitsilano; one person: L Turnbull1940
- 10Dunbar StreetOne address in Dunbar-Southlands; one person: John Turnbull1940
- 11East 10th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: Netta L Turnbull1940
- 12East 14th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; two people: Emily M Turnbull and T A Turnbull1940
30 more streets, by name: East 15th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), Hornby Street (1), John Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Mackenzie Street (1), McGill Street (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Robson Street (1), Salsbury Drive (1), Seymour Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1), West 51st Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Pender Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 48 addresses, 23 still have their buildings from before 1946, six have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 19; each street's page names them.
The book of the Turnbulls
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Turnbull name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under T. Want a name removed? Tell us.